Private profit-driven technology telling cops what to do, perhaps how to do it?
Will private corporate algorithms relieve police officers from decision-making or will they target certain communities for selective enforcement? Will you feel the same walking down the street? It's no longer a matter of looking over your shoulder to see what's coming after you -- it's right there in front of you! Everywhere you turn!
'Big Brother' Anonymous!
Interesting that Bain and Vista will use "equity and debt" to bring Orwellian policing to communities. How do you feel about the fact that one in every 107 Americans is in jail, or that one in every 52 are on probation and this is when prisons and probation departments became privatized?
So is it a good idea to implant private corporations behind policing in America?
If the money is there the politicians are gonna go along with it and, as always, they'll be well-greased for their effort. The investor class will have their best brokers getting them into the ground floor of the private policing investment -- it'll be a money-maker! This was done over and over in the build-up and implementation of America's immoral and illegal drug war! Yes, today, the infant form of robocop is entering the market.
So be careful who you vote for. When you do cast your ballot, I'd do my best not to elect any advocates of same-oldism 'cause too many Americans as orphans of a corrupt criminal justice system sucks. Where is the pride to admitting 25 percent of the world's prisoners are in America? And this is with public policy! Think what it'll become like with private policing!!!
Here is an excerpt from the announcement of this existing new investment where the more people who buy corporate shares to private policing make even greater the likelihood it'll become widespread in our society. You see, that's how money and profit work! It's more the take than the cause ... and that's precisely what's wrong with our society!
"The new business, which will be run by Superion’s chief executive, Simon Angove, will continue to offer the same suite of services it had in the past, and will use a new, undisclosed infusion of equity and debt from Bain and Vista to develop new products and services to bring to market. In all, the revenue of the combined company will be roughly $400 million, according to a person familiar with the transaction.
"About two-thirds of the revenue of the combined companies will come from providing software and services to public safety departments, like police, fire and emergency services."<<<